Newspaper Articles- Central Utah Project Hearing

'Officials Urge G'reen light For CUP
By HARTT WIXOM and CUP hearing held in Orem
MAXINE MARTZ High School. One hundred
Deseret News Staff Writers s::;n ::~w:~y s~e:n~
OREM-Governmental rep­resentatives,
including Gov.
Calvin L. Rampton and Salt
Lake City Mayor E. J. (Jake)
Gam, today called for an end
to delays in construction of the
Central Utah Pro)ect.
Most conservation and
sportsmen's organizations,
earlier stating they will ask
for a "more environmentally
responsible procedure" in the
CUP, were scheduled to testify
Saturday in a public environ·
mental impact hearing.
Rampton and Gam stated
their poSitions on papers to be
presented this afternoon at the
conducted by the U.S. Bureau
of Reclamation and Central
Utah Water Conservancy Dis·
trict.
In another paper prepared
for delivery today one consel:'
vation group, Utah Council of
Trout Unlimited, stated the
project could proceed without
further delays if CUP planners
would more adequately pro­vide
for recreational and fish·
eries values. David Freed,
Trout Unlimited vice presi·
dent, said the public "is con·
cerned about these values. ~'
He stated that water conser·
vancy district offiCials, "in
their zeal to push the project," water in. central Utah agricul·
had neglected to sa)' that 163.5 tural areas in years to come."
miles of stream resources Gam said it was not his pur.
would be advers"'" affected. t li t II oC the promises
U.S, Forest Service'l"should be pose 0 s a
no longer igno d" that made ~ good Caith, to Salt
st r eam fl ows be r ee tl'mes Lake City and Co. unUty · lhe aders. th I nn«I b th . as well as those In ta Coun·
more an p a . y e ty. "They are numerous, and
w~ter conservancy dlstnct, he iC they are to be met, the proj.
said. ect must go forward as
Freed said the rest Ser· planned. The project is al.
vice study indicat that with· rea d y be h i n d s c h e d .
out the added flo , stream
fisheries would be 'seriously
impaired."
ule . . , and the total cost oC
the completed project has
risen many millions of dollars
as a result."
Rampton stressed that the
CUP was "necessary for Utah
to get its share of Colorado
River water. ,. Gam concluded
by saying: "We do not object
to environmental studies to
protect our natural assets,
beautiCul streams. lakes and
mountain vistas, but we think
there is time and talent
enough to do the study con·
currently with construction.
This project is so large ' and
com'plex we could delay for
years if we must emphasize
one aspect over another."
Mayors and county commis·
sioners from the central Utah
area, as well as water district
chairman, also urged rapid
completion of the project in
their position papers. They
said the water had been prom·
, ised and should be delivered.
Bureau of Reclamation offi·
cials, CUP planners and engi·
neers, explained that the
Bonneville or western phase of
the CUP was 'estimated to
cost $314,580,000 in 1964. The
that stream fishing would be
reduced 118,300 man days
annually, reservoir fishing in·
creased by.232,100.
Earlier this month the For·
est Service released an eight·
year stream habitat study it
made on the Uinta and Ashley
forests.
Chandler p, S1. John, Wa·
'However, Lynn udJow, of
the water conse ncy dis·
trict, secretary·m ger, said
in his position pap that res·
ervoir fishing wo replace
adversely affected streams.
He reiterated the 'need for
QESERET NEWS
estimated cost now is
490,000,000. They added that
e increase is 60 per cent in
ht years. In a paper writ­to
accompany the hearing
broke down the water de·
as 194,000 acre Ceet of
310,000 going into Utah
It Lake Counties.
satch National Forest super·
visor, said when he released
the report, that the key finding
of the study is the sizeablE!. dif·
Cerence between the winter·
time streamClows needed to
provide year·long aquatic
habitat Cor natural fisherie.s,
and the water releases
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH planned.
Friday, September 22, 1972 The Bureau of Sport Fish·
eries d Wildlife explained
As an example, he said that
See GO·AHEAD, Page 8·10
I Go-Ah~ad Urged
For CUP Project
Continued from Page 8·1 to complete.
about 6,500 acre feet are St. John said much has al.
scheduled for release below ready been done by the Bu.
the dams and diversions of the reau of Reclamation to reduce
Bonneville Unit relating to the Central Utah Project impacts
Strawberry Aqueduct, while on aquatic habitat and other
the study shows 17,800 acre values, and it was hoped that
feet would be required to pre· ways could be found to reduce
venl major losses to the any foreseeable CUP impacts.
streams. . such as those identified in the
In its Environmental State. report.
ment on the Bonneville Unit, The 148·page report. com.
which will transfer waler Crom piled by Henry P. Chrostow.
the Uinta Basin to the more ski, zone fishery biolOgist,
populous Wasatch Front, Bu· makes recommendations from
reau of Reclamation notes minimum flows necessary to
that "some quality stream retain aquatic habitat on the
fishing would be lost. Addition· streams studied.
al reservoir fishing and relat·
ed flat water oriented sports It warns that irreparable
would be substantially in. losses will occur if the stream·
creased." Clow drops below these mini·
mums.
The Bonneville Unit is one
of six projects in 'the Central The report also warns of
Utah Project. Facilities will problems involving the Dyne
include 10 new reservoirs and Powerplant to be located in
enlargement of two existing Diamond Fork, a part ' of the
reservoirs; more than 140 Bonneville Unit.
miles of aqueducts, tunnels "The excessive channel reo
and canals; three power ,led sed below the Dyne Pow·
plants; nine pumping plants, erplant will eliminate the fish·
and about 200 miles of pipe ing in this section of stream
. drains. and scour the channel. The
Construction of the unit twice daily surges also present
began in !\larch 1967 and a saCety problem with respect
would require about 25 years to visitors in the canyons" the
,_. ___ ____ _ ____ ~re~!'l _n()tes_. _____ _
Few Attend Last Day
2-Day Hearing on Centra
By Max B. Knudson Jr.
Tribune Staff Writer
OREM - Despite the diminishing of
their audience from 1,000 Friday to about
60 Saturday - mostly participants - pro­ponents
and critics of the controversial .
Central Utah Project Bonneville Unit had
their say here Saturday as the. two-day
hearing on the water plan closed_
Advocates of a speedy completion of
the billion -dollar project had it mostly
their own way Friday as top government
leaders gave their support to the complex
system of reservoirs, tunnels, aqueducts
and dikes that will bring water from ·the
Uinta Mountains to the arid Bonneville
Basin.
But those opposing continuation of
construction on ecological grounds got
their views into the record Saturday be­fore
the hearing, called by the U.S. Bu­reau
of Reclamation, ended and study of
the testimony of more than 100 witnesses
began.
Leading the dissent was David C.
Raskin, Ph.D., conservation chairman,
Uinta Chapter of the Sierra Club. Saying
he represents nearly 600 members in
Utah and 150,000 nationally, Dr. Raskin
attacked the Draft Environmental State­ment
of the .Bureau of Reclamation as
"woefully inadequate" and "nothing more
than a crude attempt to provide justifica­tion
for an environmentally unsound and·
economically outrageous project."
In his lengthy statement, Dr. Raskin
detailed his club's objections to any fur­ther
construction on grounds that many
miles of fishing streams in the Uintas
will be destroyed or degraded due to
insufficient water releases.
He called for full development of the
Wasatch Front streams, development of
ground water and a campaign to "change
consumption patterns" of water users.
These things would · make the Bonneville
Unit unnecessary, he said.
"Water is too inexpensive in Salt Lake
City, and this encourages waste. If the
people of Tucson, Ariz. can learn to
adapt to a desert climate so can Salt
Lake City."
Hugh McKellar, Provo River Water
.' '. 'bt
Utah Plan Ends jnU Inkt
Assn., challenged Dr. Raskin,
"He didn't tell us how many of
members are in California,
love to see this project go
drain."
Mc~eller told the three-man panel
the Bureau of Reclamation, "It's
Sierra Club who will pay for this
but the people in Central utah
the water." .
if it were a choice of taking
wtlllVater for man and letting the fish die
thtll3l()ice would "still have to be man,"
don't have to make that choice
minimum stream flows will be
m .. ~tailned so the fish can survive."
for the League of Women
Emily Hall said the League sup-ported
the. CUP in 1956 but, "We have
since grown older and wiser."
, Mrs. ~all recommended that new
studies be made by disinterested parties
such as geologists, engineers, conserva­tionists
and 'experts in population trends.
She advocated well drilling, better.
farming methods and other water conser­vation
practices. .
Alex Walker, Pro-utah, Inc., said his
organization fully supports the CUP as
necessary to the growth of utah's econo­my.
"Nothing is more important than the
development of additional water
supplies," Mr. Walker said.
See Page B-I0, Column 1
itihunt
TVToday~
St'ction H
Local News
Ft'ahil't'~
Sllllda~' MClI"lIilll!'
St'l'lt"lIIbt'r 2· ... 1972
. . St"('lion R
-
,
" '.' . ,"
"'~ ... ,
10 B The Salt Lake TrIbu&; Sa.y, September tI, .1I72', ~:' - •
CentralUt~h ~o~ct ~D~hates
Expire After Two;'D~y&ge
, .. , .
,CoaUlluedfrom PJlge 8-1 project feel that we are build- for wbat we get, but "in this
Lillian Hayes, Timpanogos ing a good environment for ,case the benefits far exceed
Chapter, Sierra Club; said 'the both,'" any wr--ible pn'ce," _
"array of important people" ' Herbert H, Frost, president, He 'warned, however, that
supporting the project Friday Mt, Timpanogos Chapter' an precautions should be
"is indeed impressive, But too American Audobon Society, taken to prevent environmen·
nmcb love can sometimes be said his organization is con- tal damage and suggested that
smothering. Perhaps those of cemed about the proposed dik· trees be planted around the
us in opposition should keep a ing of Provo Bay and Goshen reservoirs, to elimiJiate the
low profile." Bay OIl' Utah Lake. He .warned "baITen~" many .of them
• Clyde Ritchie, president of of considerable aestnlctioD of have. -'
·the Central Utah Water Con- valuable waterfowl •• ,De~ BeMftdaI Efieds
servancy District' - which in- _ ~ if those ~y areas are Edwin Ure, Washingu,n' Irri- '
ctu~ the Bonpeville Unit - : ",drained _ "AAP CQnv~1,. ~t!> :;gation Co." said he has seen
~ the bureau's statem~~t . farmland" , :~ :, ';, ~ ;~:. ~ "beneficial effei:ts" from
as adeq~te, complete and m : i Ii SpecleI~"B~ " ~., irrigation made' pOssIble by
f~ com~ce Wlth the ~a- ' ''There 'are 95 t'species of 1>eer Creek Reservoir water
tional EnVIronmental Policy birds known to have inhabited and added that the ,proposed'
Act." v :-- those bays for the past 70 Jordanelle Dam in Hebe~,-Val-
"Our critics continue.to say/ - years: The diking projects are ley would be welcof!.le tb area
'Take the people to where i~'_ . Set some time in the future, so farmers ~ ,fell flS re5reation
water is, and divert the water ',we have , plenty of time to seekers. " ' ',' ~ ' )
to where the fish are.' Do the :,: study the. '~~ effects of Daniel ~: SimmonS,-& ,Provo
critics want to bui1cl a~ '~action." ;/~\.. High S~ student,'-.:~d· it
environment for fish or for. DanieIBennili, . Roosevelt, was an ~ed P~I that
people? We who knoW the said we muSt I'pay a price" voted in fJ~ of ~. C~P. He
called for'-a:. leve~. loff.; of
. (
growth ~ the ' wasatch
Front. ': ~ : :,
Would WIPe oat :Catftsh
He said diking of the Utah "
Lake bays would wipe out the
channel catfish and cut down
considerably on watetfowl .
. hunting. "Diking up of the
lake should not be tolerated by
the public," he said.
P, Ernest Knight, Woodland,
said he was born in Woodlarid
in 188& and has watched the
flood waters of 'the Provo
River flood crop ' lands many
times with farmers .helpless to '
fJg)lt it. In the fall, Mr. Knight
said, he has seen it so low
"you could cross without get·
ting your feet wet." , ' .
He said the CUP wiD control
water flows so that these
extremes will never, occur
again. \
INDEX
Amusements
Bu Iness- tocks
Cia ified
omlcs
Editorial
Obituaries
ociety
ports
19QTH YEAR, NO. 47
30
28-29
42-47
39
38
4
17-22
9-14
PROVO, UTAH, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1972
WEATHER
PROVO-SALT LAKE-OGDEN
- Partly cloudy today with slow­ly
increasing chance of showers.
Highs in mid 60s. Probability of
rain today 30 per cent. Winds
mostly light.
$2.50 PER MONTH - PRICE 20 CENTS
Water Proiect Heavily-Backed at H • earlng
ebate in UN
On Terro rism
Authorized
UNITED NATIONS (UPI)- \ .genda after its original
The United Nations General wording as proposed by Secre­Assembly
agreed to a full tary General Kurt Waldheim
debate on international terror- was substantially amended to
ism on a 66-27 vote Saturday call also for a U.N. study of the
night. underlying causes of terrorism.
Thirty-three countries, includ- The vote defeated deter-ing
the entire Soviet bloc and mined efforts, led by the
many from Africa, abstained Democratic Republic of Yemen,
from the vote. to have the debate deferred to
The item was included in the at least next year.
Prisoners
Not on
Red Plane
Vientiane (UPI):'A Soviet
airliner arrived in Vientiane
from Hanoi Saturday but the
three U.S. prisoners of war
released by North Vietnam to
an American antiwar activist
group were not on board as
expected. There was no definite
word on when they would come
out.
Two antiwar activists who
flew out on the Aeroflot plane
said the released POWs had
remained behind in Hanoi with
their escorts although "they're
very anxious to come home."
One said the POWs were told
Friday night that they would
not be leaving Saturday as they
expected. But the two were
unclear about the reasons for
the delay.
The U.S. mission here made
(Continued On Page 2)
A deferral motion by Demo­cratic
Yemen was defeated 57-
47, with 22 abstentions.
The 39-vote margin was
considered a sizeable boost for
the prestige of Waldheim, who
put the terrorism item up for
assembly consideration after ,
the Security Council failed to
act.
Council action was stymied
when China and the Soviet
Union vetoed mention in an
earlier resolution of the Arab
terrorist murder of 11 Israeli
Olympic team members at
Munich last month. The United
States then used its veto
because the Olympic incident
was eliminated.
An amendment offered by
Saudi Arabian Ambassador
JarniI M. Baroody widened the
scope of the item as proposed
by Waldheim and made it more
palatable to many members
who feared U.N. action against
terrorism would hamper the
"n a t ion a I liberation move­ments"
they support, particu­larly
against Israel, Portuguese
Africa and South Africa.
Waldheim's original item was
(Continued On Page 2)
2 Assailants in Castilla
Shooting Sought; Young
Man Wounded Critically
A young Bountiful man was in
extremely critical condition
Saturday at the University
Hospital in Salt Lake City, after
he was shot in the head early
Saturday morning at Castilla in
Spanish Fork Canyon. Police are
searching for two young men in
connection with the shooting.
In critical condition is Creed
Lee ewman, 21, who reportedly
had moved to Orem only a week
ago. He is a son of Mr. and Mrs.
Arthur R. ewman of 110 S. 400
E .. Bountiful.
Deputy Sheriff Mack Holley
said ewman and a 19-year-old
girl were swimming in the old
warm springs at Castilla about 1
a.m. when they were approached
by two young men in a blue
pickup truck.
The girl told officers the young
men , who may have been
drinking, wanted her to go with
them. When she and Newman
resisted, one of them pulled a
handgun and shot Newman in the
head.
The girl said she ran to the
highway and flagged down a
passing car. They drove to
Highway 91 to Mapleton, where
they found a telephone and
notified officers.
ewman was taken to the
Utah Valley Hospital , then
transferred to Salt Lake City.
The bullet reportedly entered his
head above the left eye and
fragmented in his brain.
The two assailants were
described as being yo ung ,
medium-sized, and with short
hair. One is of thin build. The
girl, who officers declined to
identify, was treated at the Utah
Valley Hospital for shock, and
released to her home.
~ PLEA ANT GROVE MAN, Phillip R. Jensen, 28, died
ID tantly aturday morning when his small sports car
collided with a semi-trailer unit near Upper Falls in Provo
Canyon. Highway Patrol troopers said Mr. Jensen was
traveling east when his car apparently went out of control on
HIGH PUBLIC I TEREST in the environmental impact
hearings on the Bonneville Unit of tbe Central Utah Project
was indicated by attendance of about 1,000 persons at tbe
Friday session, with between 400 and 500 of tbese believed
from Millard County, one of 10 counties to share water from
the project. Attendance dropped off Saturday, fluctuating
between 50 and 100.
Foes Say Statement
On Environmental
Impact 'Inadequate'
By ROBERT McDOUGALL Saturday. the auditorium was
More th a n a hundred comparatively empty as about 80
people-including government people heard 50 witnesses add
officials , water users , their testimony to the
businessmen and other in- voluminous material that will
teres ted citizens-expressed comprise a final report which is
strong support of th~ billion- being assembled in accordance
dollar Bonneville Unit of the with provisions of the National
Central Utah project at en- Environmental Policy Act of
vironmental impact hearings 1969.
held Friday and Saturday at Rampton Strike
Orem. Both Gov. Calvin Rampton and
Representatives of conserva- Republican challenger Nicholas
tion, outdoor and environmental Strike spoke for the water pro­protection
groups opposed the ject as did Sens. Wallace F.
project and one member ad- Bennett, R-Utah, and Frank E.
mitted they were swamped by Moss , D-Utah , who sent
testimony in. support of the pro- statements to be read into the
ject. record.
Only about 10 speakers out of Rep. Sherman P. Lloyd, R-
120 opposed the water project Utah, spoke in person, saying
designed to bring water from the that any delay would multiply
Uintah basin to the heavily pop- problems the state 's con-ulated
Bonneville basin. gressional delegation has been
Draft 'Inadequate' battling to overcome to get the
Opponents said that the draft project funded since 1950.
environmental impact state- ;.-..;".--------....,
'HotFighting'Martial Law Declared
~~~:~::nia In Manila Crackdown
ment prepared by the Bureau of
Reclamation in compliance with
requirements of the National
Environmental Protection Act is
inadequate.
They dubbed the report as
"nothing more than a crude
In order to present as full
a coverage as possible of the
Bonneville Unit environmen­tal
hearings, tbe Herald will
follow up Monday wi th
tes timony by additional
witnesses.
attempt to provide justification L-_________ ....J
for an environmentally unsound
and economically outrageous
project." •
Proponents pointed out that
the project's repayment plan
was approved 13 to 1 in 1965 by
the voters of Utah; that it was
subsequently endorsed by
Congress as the result of Utah's
entire Congression?l delegation
working for it; that it is already
more than 15 per cent complete;
and that the Bureau of Reclama­tion
has entered into binding
contracts which involve the
supply of water to 10 co·mties.
His challenger for the state's
second congressional district
seat, Wayne Owens, said he
generally favored the project,
but said he thought it would be
desirable to send more of the
project water to the counties in
southern and central Utah.
By United Press International
Ugandan forces smashed
across the border into Tanzania
Saturday to battle a combined
force of Tanzanian troops and
Ugandan exile guerrillas in
"very hot fighting," a Ugandan
military spokesman said. Afri­can
leaders pressed diplomatic
attempts to head off open war
between the two nations.
Tanzania denied there was
fighting within its frontiers. A
government spokesman said the
military command in the
alleged battle area just across
the border from Mutukula,
southwest Uganda, reported
"everything is quiet."
Uganda, meanwhile, said it
was likely the guerrilla leader,
thought to be a former Uganda
Army lieutenant colonel, had
been killed in the fighting.
Airlines stepped up flights to
Britain carrying Asians ex­pelled
from Uganda by Pres­ident
Idi Amin. Diplomatic
sources in London said the
British government had the
Royal Air Force (RAF) stand­ing
by to fly out 7,000 Britons in
case of emergency.
" There has been very hot
fighting between the Uganda
army and Tanzanian troops and
guerrillas," a Ugandan military
spokesman said on Uganda
Radio, announcing the border
crossing.
The Ugandan spokesman said
Amin's forces inflicted heavy
casualties on the enemy in the
advance into Tanzania.
MANILA (UPI) - President
Ferdinand E. Marcos followed
up his declaration of martial
law in the Philippines Saturday
by announcing the mass arrest
of Communist conspirators he
said were plotting to overthrow
the government :1 d proclaim­ing
sweeping nahu al reforms
to lessen their hold on poor
peasants.
In a nationwide radio and
television address to 39 million
Filipinos, Marcos imposed a
curfew from 12 midnight to 4
a.m. daily and announced
controls on local newspapers
and, radio and foreign corre­spondents
in the Philippines, a
ban on travel of Filipinos
abroad except those on official
missions and control of public
utilities.
The president said civil
authorities would remain in
power and all national and local
government officials would
continue to function.
"This is not a military
takeover," Marcos said.
Danger Confronts Nation
"I have proclaimed martial
law in accordance with the
powers vested in the president
by the consititution pf the
Philippines," Marcos said.
"We will eliminate the threat
of violent overthrow of govern­ment
and we must now reform
our political, economic and
social institutions.
" We are falling back and
have fallen back to our last line
of defense. The limit has been
a curve and struck the left side of the Red Ball truck.
Following impact, the truck overturned on the highway.
Driver of the truck, Jerry obclak was uninjured except for
bruises. The crash occurred shortly before 6 a.m: (Obituary
on Page 4)
reached because we have been
placed against the wall."
Talks With Romulo
In a telephone call to
Philippine Foreign Minister
Carlos P. Romulo in New York,
Marcos said the situation in
Manila was calm and persons
arrested Friday night were
being held in " protective
custody" to protect them from
harm at the hands of the
National Peoples Army (NPA),
an insurgent group.
Romulo told UPI that
terrorism and subversion had
spread from northern Luzon
over the entire Philippines.
Nixon Repeats
Am nesty View
1000 Present
About 1,000 people attended
the opening of the hearing
Friday, many of them expecting
a firey debate. Moderator
Robert Mesch sternly warned
that the hearing would be kept
formal , that there would be no
questioning of witnesses
allowed, and no audience par­ticipation
permitted.
WASHINGTON (UPI) - Pres­ident
Nixon wound up a quick
campaign swing through Texas
and flew back to the White
House Saturday to tell a new
group of labor backers that he
still opposed amnesty for U.S.
military deserters and welfare
for people who won't work.
"We believe in helping those
who can't help themselves, but
it seems to me a man or a
woman ought to work for what
he gets and to get what he
works for," Nixon said. " It
seems to me to be wrong for
someone who works to get less
than someone on welfare."
As for the question of
amnesty, the President said
"those who chose to desert
must pay the penalty that they
have earned" and that his
position was the same one
Abraham Lincoln took when
confronted with the issue
during the Civil War.
A Nixon campaign spokesman
said the workers , about 500
strong, represented a number
of labor unions in a newly
for m e d organization called
Young Labor for the Pres­ident.
The workers, between the
ages of 18 and 35, were 'from 30
states.
The President went directly
to the White House to speak to
the group in mid-afternoon as
soon as he returned to
Washington. Within moments
after the meeting, he went by
helicopter to his Camp David
retreat in Thurmont. Md.. for
(Continued On Page 2)
'Fireside Chats'
McGovern Seeking
Broader Exposure
By United Press International
Sen. George S. McGovern,
seeking to vastly expand his
public exposure, said Saturday
he suspected political pressure
was behind the networks'
refusal to grant him time for a
series of nationwide, pre­election
television speeches. "If
we have to, we'll sue them," he
said.
Reportedly frust rated by
time-wasting scheduling snafus
during his campaign swing
through the East and Middle
West in the past week,
McGovern requested nine half­hour
spots on prime television
time up to the Nov. 7 elections
to make Roosevelt-style "fire­side
chats" permitting more
thorough, thoughtful discussion
of the issues against President
Nixon.
But Frank Mankiewicz, his
national political coordinator,
said the three television net­works,
responding to a request
relayed by former Democratic
National Chairman Lawrence
F. O'Brien, indicated they were
willing to sell only five-minute
spots until two weeks before
Election Day.
Mankiewicz told reporters he
thought the networks were
trying to protect their new fall
shows in the battle for ratings,
but McGovern said he detected
administration intimidation of
the networks.
Although he said he had no
evidence, he told reporters at
his Pittsburgh hotel suite it was
"conceivable that it (the
networks' ref usa I) reflects
some of the intimidation the
networks have been under from
the administration," particular­ly
from Vice President Spiro T.
Agnew.
On Patriotism Issue
Kennedy Defends McGovern
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (UPI)­Sen.
Edward Kennedy accused
the Nixon administration Satur­day
of attempting to discredit
the patriotism of Democratic
presidential nominee George
McGovern.
Addressing a cheering, youth­ful
crowd which overflowed
Knoxville's Civic Auditorium,
Kennedy also said that Nixon
will not be able to avoid active
personal campaigning because
of the issues McGovern is
raising.
During a campaign swing
through Tennessee earlier this
week, Vice President Spiro T.
Agnew said McGovern was
" parroting the propaganda" of
the North Vietnamese.
"Agnew's attack was part of
the Nixon strategy to discredit
McGovern's patriotism and is a
disservice to the political
process," Kennedy said. "Mc­Govern
has demonstrated his
patriotism in many ways,
including service in World War
II. "
Prior to the rally, Kennedy
met privately with Coach Bill '
Battle and members of the
University of Tennessee football
team. Following his speech at
the auditorium, he met with
persons who have contributed
$100 or more to the Democrats'
legislative campaign.
"I think the American people
are going to demand responses
to the kind of issues McGovern
is raising, such as the grain
scandal, the $10 million slush
fund, the Watergate incident,
and the drug problem," Kenne­dy
said.
The Massachusetts senator
said he did not believe the full
Impact of the Watergate
bugging incident has settled on
the American people.
The plan is for more than 60
per cent of the water to be used
in Salt Lake and Utah Counties,
and only 24 per cent in the
southern and central counties.
Diversify Industry
Owens said he would suggest
that thought be given to the
desirability of sending more
water to these areas to attract
industry away from the densely
populated Wasatch Front.
Referring apparently to a
statement last week, in which
the Sierra Club called for a stop
to the building of the project,
Mayor E.J. "Jake" Garn of Salt
Lake City said, "We cannot
tolerate delays requested by
special interest groups who are
not interested in all of the people
getting their share of the
resources. "
" I believe there is talent
enough to allow the project to go
on while we work for the reser­vation
of our mountain streams,
lakes and mountain vistas,"
Mayor Garn added.
Senator Moss. in his prepared
statement said, "On the east
coast, growth is a scare word
meaning less space and conges­tion,
but in the west it is a good
word meaning jobs a nd
de_velopment. "
Orem Mayor
Mayor Winston Crawford ,
Orem, said that in his city, by
1980 a gallon of water would cost
about the same as a gallon of gas
does now if the area doesn 't get
this project.
Ma yo r Timothy Moran ,
Spanish Fork, said that at least
one industry had already been
forced to relocate because of
water shortages in Utah County.
Mayor Moran said that when
the people of his city voted in
1965 on the project, there were
only seven votes cast against it.
Representing the view of the
ational Forest Service, Vern
Hamre said there were several
features of the project that
woulcl be environmentally
beneficial, but there were orne
feature whi ch could be
changed
Proposed Changes
The e included the relocation
of one power plant. increased
pipeline facilitie , more releases
of water for the upport of fi h
life in the intah Basin. and
ob tatntng fill for the pper
tillwater dam from inside the
proposed re ervoir area in tead
of below the dam.
Some ob ervers expected the
fore t service presentation to be
a lillie more har h than it wa .
Mr. Hamre sa Id a more detaIled
evaluatIon of the project would
be ubmitted at a later tIme.
Opponent of the plan quoted a
Forest ervlce tudy and es­tImates
of po ible damage to
stream lIfe in many of theIr
(Continued On Page 2)
2 Teenagers
Iniured in
Cycle Crash
Two teenagers received in­juries
in a motorcycle head-on
accident Thursday afternoon on
Piute Lane, northeast of Provo,
according to the Utah Highway
Patrol.
The Bringhurst youth received
a possible broken leg and leg
lacerations. Mr. Terry sustained
a broken right leg and mouth
lacerations.
Injured in the accident were
Kurtis Bringhurst, 11 , 3350 North
Cherokee Lane in Provo and
Ross Lane Terry, 19, of 213 South
100 E. in Provo.
Water Proiect Backed Heavily
(Continued From Page 1)
criticisms. Lynn S. Ludlow ,
secretary-manager of the Cen­tral
Utah Water Conservancy
District said of that report, that
it was superficial and appeared
to be hurriedly prepared.
"In short, it is my opinion that
this study and report was con­ducted
and prepared to satisfy
some preconceived conclusion,"
Mr. Ludlow said.
Water eed
Robert B. Hilbert, general
manager of the Salt Lake County
Water Conservancy District said
that water supplies in Salt Lake
County are only adequate until
facilities when they are com­pleted.
That contract, he sa id, con­tains
strict provisions that all
reservoirs are to be constructed
so that the bottom several thou­sand
feet cannot be drained off.
This water is specifically for the
use of fish and wildlife, he main­tained.
Flood Control
Mr. Clyde said that other
provisions in the contract re­quire
that many thousands of
feet are to be left unused at the
top of each reservoir for unex­pected
peak stream cresting as a
flood control measure.
ment, said most of the sup­porters
of the project were
begging the question. The ques­tion
is simply whether the law
has been satisfied in preparing
the required environmental
report.
The spirit of the environmen­tal
act called for precise infor­mation
in an environmental im­pact
statement, he said, and the
draft statement prepared by the
Bureau of Reclamation is " not
in compliance with the law."
He said he was afraid that if
his analysis of the statement is
true, it will force a delay of the
project. His orga nization did not
want to take a position for or
against the project, they were
interested only in whether the
strict legal requirements were
being met with regard to the
protection of the environment.
treatment of alternatives."
"There are so many blatant
omissions and misleading and
undocumented assertions in the
Draft Environmental Statement
that it is impossi ble to
enumerate and describe all of
them at this time," Mr. Raskin
said.
He promised to submit a more
detailed criticism by October 5,
which is the filing deadline for
written testimony to be added to
the final environmental impact
report.
Mr. Raskin then commented
on the major conclusions of the
report prepared by the Bureau of
Reclama tion in the order the
report deals with them .
U.S. REP. GUNN MCKAY, right center,
conducted a public hearing on predatory
control Friday in the Provo City Center
which drew sbeepmen from various sections
of tbe state to testify. From left are, Dolly G.
Young , field representative for the
Congressman; Rep. McKay ; his Washington
assistant, and a Utah sheepman.
According to the Highway
Patrol report, the two cycles
were heatled on the lane and at a
narrow poi nt , the cycles
collided. The report said neither
cyclist could see the other com­ing.
1975 . He sa id that water Regarding increasing water
wholesalers buying water which releases into streams, he said
affects 200 ,000 people have that this would provide no
already been advised that guarantee that the extra water
supplies are short, for the rest of would be left in the channel for
1972 and will be for 1973. fish. There is no law in Utah
David Freed of Trout which would stop anyone
Unlimited said that " the United farther down the stream from
States Congress should withdraw appropriating that water for his
approval of the project till an own use, he said.
environmentally responsible A director of the Central Utah
project can be drawn up. He Water Conservancy District Clif­claimed
163.5 miles of fishing ford L. Ashton, a trial lawyer
stream would be adversely who said that he had much ex-
The effect of this project on
the environment could be com­pared
to surgery, he said, if it is
done carefully and skillfully, the
patient gets better and lives, if
not, the patient dies.
He claimed that popUlation
projections used in determining
water needs in the Bonneville
Basin were based on 1966 projec­tions.
He said that later, more
reliable figures were available
which showed there was a 32 per
cent error in the predictions.
Supporters' View
Sheepmen Reveal Losses
At Predatory Hearing
Debate in Urq
(Continued From Page 1) affected by the project. perience in water right litigation
titled : " Measures to prevent Damage Question ' said that if Utah's portion of the
terrorism which endangers or Much contro~ersy centered Colorado River water is not all
takes innocent human lives or around the question of how much used, even temporarily, the risk
jeopardizes fundamental free- dam~ge would actually be done is gr'eat that Utah will per-doms."
to hsherle~ . The Bureau of manently lose its entitlement.
He said he believed the report
had failed to show that "a finely
tuned balance" would be main­tained
between the needs of peo­ple
and the need to preserve the
environment.
Raskin's Testimony
Chief opponent of the plan, and
the most critical witness, was
David C. Raskin, conservation
chairman of the Uinta. Chapter
of the Sierra Club. He said the
draft environmental statement
is " woefully inadequate , it
seriously fails to comply with
the content and intent of the
National Environmental Policy
Act, and the guidelines of the
Council on Environmental Quali­ty,
and it represents nothing
more than a crude a ttempt to
provide justification for an en­vironmentally
unsound and
economically outrageous pro­ject."
During testimony by sup­porters
of the project this ques­tion
was treated. They said that
if the estimates prove to be
'excessive. it will simply mean
that there will be more time to
find water to supplement
Bonneville Unit supplies.
Mr. Raskin said the recreation
potential of some areas was
A high coyote population in overestimated.
some areas of the state, coupled
with Executive Order No. 11643
which banned the use
of poisons to control the coyotes,
brought protests from sheepmen
at a predatory hearing con­ducted
Friday in the Provo City
Center by Congressman K. Gunn
McKay, (D.Utah ).
Sheepmen from all sections of
the state packed the Provo city
commission room for the
hearing, urging the government
to permit them to use poisons
again . Congressman McKay
repeatedly asked those who
testified for specific evidence
and specific figures on their loss.
"When I get back to the
Congressional committee, I
must show them evidence and
facts and figures," he told the
woolgrowers. Congressman
McKay pointed out that
President Richard Nixon's
executive order had later been
passed by congress.
50 Year Setback
Sherman Mortensen, Ephraim
woolgrower, said said the
sheepmen in his area had suf­fered
as high as 25 percent loss
of lambs. "We have been set
back 50 years by having to
revert to traps that are ob­solete,"
he declared.
Mrs. Wallace Wintch,
majority stockholder -in a
company which operates ran­ches
in Spring Canyon, Salina,
and other places, declared that
she felt the sheep industry is
threatened. "The rabbit
population has been dessimated,
and the coyotes are now preying
, on the lambs and ewes," she
declared, pointing out that they
had had 10 percent loss of lambs
in the lambing sheds which are
fenced.
"We anticipate a bad winter
because the rabbits are gone,"
Mrs. Wintch told the
congressman. She listed four
possible courses of action : (1)
The government should hire
more trappers. (2) Permission
should be given for the
woolgrowers to hire more
trappers. (3) Poison should be
made available on short notice
when needed. (4) More research
on how to control the predators.
Turkey Loss
Donald Dobson of the
Snowfield Station operated by
USU, told of turkey loss because
of coyotes, and declared that the
coyotes had infested the turkeys
at one ranch with lice.
James Bowers, who has been
doing range surveys for USU at
Southern Utah State College,
showed slides of sheep and
lambs which had been killed by
Nixon
(Continued From Page 1)
the night. He was to be joined
later by Mrs. Nixon.
Nixon's visit to Texas took
him through the Rio Grande
valley and to a dinner for
prospective Democratic suppor­ters
at the ranch of former
Treasury Secretary John B.
Connally.
A crowd of between 2,000 and
3,000 Republicans, many of
them youths, turned out at San
Antonio airport to give the
President a warm send-off
after his bid to win Texas' 26
electoral votes in November.
coyotes. She said his in­vestigations
had shown 310
lambs and one ewe killed by
coyotes, 63 dead of un­determined
causes, and 16 dead
of other causes. This in­formation
was current as of the
date of the hearing, he said.
Manuel Palmer, executive
secretary of the Utah State
Woolgrowers, said the industry
has 900,000 breeding ewes in
United Fund
Team Effort
Called For
" We need commu nity
willingness and a team effort" to
meet the needs of those who
need help in our community,"
Stan Watts, former BYU basket­ball
coach and now Director of
Athletics at the university, told
community leaders Friday at a
kickoff luncheon for the United
Fund.
Coach Watts told the leaders
that we have two tasks, "We
must serve God and serve our
fellow man. We can have a good
feeling inside when we have
helped somebody less fortunate
than we."
Tracing the origins of our na­tion,
Coach Watts declared that
we erected a statue in New York
harbor which signifies our
freedom and holds a torch.
"We invited the poor, hungry,
and homeless to America to seek
freedom and opportunity. They
came, and they became the
businessmen, teachers, workers
in our country," he declared.
"Many people are dissatisfied
with America today ; thank God
they are in the minority," he
said. Coach Watts listed the odds
against being born in America
against being born under oppres­sion,
or with little opportunity,
and urged those in attendance to
thank God that they were born in
a country where they have the
advanl<!ges available to them.
He reminded his {listeners,
however, that not all in this
country have equal opportunity;
thousands go to bed hungry
every night. He pointed to
specific areas where people have
little opportunity, and said " if
they had a chance they might be
the people who find a cure for
cancer or arthritis."
"You can measure a people by
the way they respond to
challenge," he declared, urging
all to react in a very positive
manner.
He pointed to three
philosophies which are prevalent
today. The thief said, "What is
yours is mine and I'll get it if I
can." The selfish person says,
"What is mine is mine, and I'm
going to keep it."
The Christian says, "What is
mine is yours, and if you need it
badly enough, I will share it with
you."
Members of the Provo
Kiwanis Club hosted the kickoff
luncheon. Belmont Richards,
club president, introduced
members of the " 1972 Olympics
Team" of United Fund, led by
Richard Stone. chairman.
Mr. Stone traced the develop­ment
of United Fund in Utah
County, pointing out that they
have had eight successful yea rs
----------- of " winning gold medals."
Publ ished every afternoon
Monday through Friday and
~~~rJ, l~~~~th b~ ~~ sPr~l.
Provo, Utah 84601 .
B. E. JENSEN, Publisher
Entered as second class
mailer at the post office In
Provo, Utah.
MEMBER
Audit Bureau of Circulation
United Press International
NEA Service
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
UTAH COUNTY
One month, carr ier $ 2.50
Six months, carrier $15.00
One year, carrier $30.00
Mall, anywhere In United States
One month $ 2.50
One year $30.00
Herald Telephone Numbers
PROVO 313-5050
However, he warned that " last
year was a bad yea r, and this
year we are starting behind the
line."
Team members, who were
clad in blue and white sweat
shirts marked with the 1972
Olympics United Fund emblem,
have the task of raising $285,000
this year, Mr. Stone told the
group. "They are wearing sweat
shirts because they have a tough,
sweaty job to do," he declared.
Special guests at the luncheon
were Ralph Mann, who holds the
world record in the 440 meter
hurdles and who won a silver
medal this year in Munich, and
Jay Silvester, who holds the
world record in the discus, and
who also won a silver medal this
year.
Utah, and charged that the
government had "removed all of
the tools which proved to be
reasonably effective" in con­trolling
predators. He said it
sounded the death knell of the
sheep industry.
An amendment by Jamaica ReclamatlO.n ~lalms that. He said, " Anyone familiar
m· serted the word "internation- damage projectIOns are ex- with water litigation knows that
. aggerated and at least one . .
al" before "terrorism," defm- spokesman said he thought the th~re IS nothl~g as per~an~~t as
ing more precisely the scope of Bureau 's statement would a temporary water right.
the discussion, which ~aldheim . probably be amended to be more Contract.-Bound
had repeatedly explamed was specific before it is put in final . Mr. Ashton said that the pro­not
intended to intervene in form. ject had been approved by
internal affairs or run contrary Speaking to the legal questions Congress, the . people .h~d ap­to
U.N. ~ecisio~s on ~olonialism involved in the project, Edward p.r~ved the project, political of­and
national liberation move- W. Clyde, attorney for the Cen- flclals had all ~orked for ap­ments.
tral Utah Water Conservancy proval of the .project, the Bureau
Roy Staley, President of the
Utah Woolgrowers, said traps
catch as many sheep as coyotes,
and charged that trappers could .
not possibly cover all the range
land.
Professor Testifies Baroody's amendment added
Dr. Clayton White of BYU said to the original Waldhe.im title a
they needed no more testimony directive for the assembly to
that coyotes kill sheep, since conduct "a study of the
everybody knows that. He said underlying causes of those
research was needed to deter- forms of terrorism and acts of
mine means of bringing a violence which lie in misery,
balance in the ecology, and he frustration , grievance and des­said
he strongly opposed the use pair and which cause some
of strychnine and 1()..80, which people to sacrifice human lives,
kill many more animals than the including their own, in an
coyotes. attempt to effect radical
Dr. White charged that the changes."
valleys of Centra~ U~ in 1850-70 This amendment was largely
were covered With high grass, responsible for winning the
but that p?~r ~ange practices . lopsided margin in favor of the
and over-utilization of the range terrorism debate diplomats
by a very few people had believed '
brought a destruction of the .
range. He declared tl1at the high The assembly, winding up the
coyote population follows a cycle first week of its 27th annual
closely related to the cycle of its session with two unusual
major food supply". the rabbit. Saturday meetings, also agreed
"Widespread use of poisons is over Soviet and Chinese opposi­notthe
answer," he emphasized. tion to defer debate on Korea
Several other speakers, and let the North and South
mostly sheepmen, testified Koreans pursue current efforts
during the afternoon. to settle their own problems.
.. . of Reclamation and the Central
Dlstr.lct s~lld that a contractual Utah Water Conservancy
relationship had been entered D' t' t ut ally bound by
into between the Bureau of IS riC were m u .
Reclamation and the Water contract, and the project was
Conservancy District, governing already well under construction.
the way they opera te the Satisfy tbe Law
Owen Olpin, representing the
Utah Environment center, which
he described as a group working
for the protection of the environ-
2 Sentenced
In Criminal
Court Action
Thomas Craig Larson, 20 S. 300
E., Pleasant Grove , was
sentenced to the Utah State
Prison for an indeterminate
term of one to 10 years when he
appeared in Fourth District
Court for sentencing on a grand
larceny charge.
Larson was remanded to the
custody of the Utah County
Sheriff 's Department for
delivery to the Utah State
Prison.
Kevin Christensen, 113 E. 800
S., Provo, was sentenced to' the
Utah State Prison for not more
than five years after his convic­tion
on a charge ' of manufac­turing
marijuana. But the jail
term was suspended for two
years and he was placed on
probation with the Adult Proba­tion
and Parole Department.
Prisoners
He charged that the statement
" provides no meaningful
economic analysis of the pro­ject,
and it provides only a most
cursory and totally inadequate
He also charged that Governor
Rampton had ordered the
Department of Fish and Game to
withdraw their requests for
stream flows in certain areas of
the system . He therefore
claimed that stream flow
provisions were inadequate on
Rock Creek, Currant Creek, the
West Fork of the Duchesne
Ri ve r, and the Strawberry
River.
"The fact that a politician
ordered the Fish and Game
Agency to alter its public stand
does not in any way alter the
biological facts and the en­vironmental
and recreational
impacts of the proposed ac­tions."
It's hard enough to raise a family
with both of you trying.
Suppose it were
one of you alone?
_ f- ~~
" -
See our advertisement
in today's
Family Weekly
(Continued From Page 1)
elaborate arrangements for the
expected return of Air Force
Maj. Edward K. Elias of
Valdosta, Ga., and Navy Lts.
(j.g.) Markham L. Gartley of
Dunedin, Fla. and Norris A.
Charles of San Diego, Calif. But
American officials emphasized
they would intervene only if the
released pilots asked for help.
THESE ARE NEW YORK LIFE AGENTS
SERVING YOU IN CENTRAL UT AH:
DEFE D OUR WATER was the message of these pep
leaders from Delta High School at the hearings in Orem on
the Bonneville Unit of the Central Utah Project Friday.
Millard High also had a pep club unit on hand to support the
project.
High School Pep Clubs
Support CUP Program
Millard County turned out in
force to "defend our water," in
the words of one pep group
leader, at hearings in Orem on
the Bonneville Unit of the
Central Utah Project, Friday.
According to an estimate by
sheriff's deputies from Millard
County, about half of the 1,000-
strong audience in the Orem
High School Auditorium was
from Millard County.
Delta and Millard High
Schools sent 100 students each,
including their pep groups and
school bands, to attend opening
sessions of hearings on the en­vironmental
impact of the gigan­tic
Bonneville water project.
"That place is empty ,"
Deputy Sheriff Dennis Johnson
said of Delta. He and Deputy
Sheriff Merlin Jackson were
assigned to accompany the
group from the county.
Reportedly 100 senior citizens
from all parts of Millard County
were in the audience, too; they
had come on a bus.
"We only left enough people
home to mind the babies and
milk the cows," said Wallace T.
Jeffery, President of the Millard
County Water Conservancy
District. He said that about 200
people had also come in private
cars.
Eileen Dutson, a student of
Millard High School made an
eloquent plea for water in her
county. She said, "We have
plenty of space, plenty of
potential, too little money, too
little water, and too little time
for delay."
Kevin Styler, a student from
Delta High told the hearing that
people in the county have been
modernizing irrigation systems
in an effort to conserve the water
and to make it go farther for
years, "but there is simply not
enough" he said. "The
population goes like the water in
Millard County," he continued.
He said that people in the
county had been waiting for the
Bonneville water project for
years.
"My father has been waiting
all his life for this water, and my
grandfather passed away before
it came," he said.
The Rev. Harry Bury and
Marianne Hamilton were the
only Americans aboard the
Russian airliner which had been
expected to bring the POWs,
their relatives and an escort
group headed by antiwar
activists Mrs. Cora Weiss and
David Dellinger on the first leg
of their return to the United
States.
The Roman Catholic priest
and Miss Hamilton accompa­nied
the antiwar group to Hanoi
seven days ago but left after
completing their own series of
meetings with North Vietna­mese
Catholics.
EOGEWeeO
condominiums
in Provo
announces
openings
of two
delightfully
furnished
models.
Open house
each
Thursday,
Friday
and
Saturday.
Write for colorful brochure.
Edgewood
2707 Canyon Road
Provo, Utah 84601
373-5550
American Forie
756-3111
Ted Kirwan
Provo
225-5080
Jack H. Swenson
Sponilh Forie
798-6764
Merrill Sandberg
Provo
373.1476
Orem
225-1506
Richard Koster
Provo
374-2585
Bill Olsen
Orem
225-2726
Richard Greer
Provo
373-4431
Fred Anderson
Or.m
225-7202
Boyd Brothersen
Provo
375-1251
Eric Broadbent
Provo
374-1376
Berl Murdock
Or.m
225·6771
New York Life Insurance Co.
Provo General Office: 310 North University Ave., - 373-5926
Val Neuenswander, CLU., General Mgr. - Robert Burnham, Asst. Mgr.
Mike Carter
SpringVIlle
419·5 "3
II

Click tabs to swap between content that is broken into logical sections.

'Officials Urge G'reen light For CUP
By HARTT WIXOM and CUP hearing held in Orem
MAXINE MARTZ High School. One hundred
Deseret News Staff Writers s::;n ::~w:~y s~e:n~
OREM-Governmental rep­resentatives,
including Gov.
Calvin L. Rampton and Salt
Lake City Mayor E. J. (Jake)
Gam, today called for an end
to delays in construction of the
Central Utah Pro)ect.
Most conservation and
sportsmen's organizations,
earlier stating they will ask
for a "more environmentally
responsible procedure" in the
CUP, were scheduled to testify
Saturday in a public environ·
mental impact hearing.
Rampton and Gam stated
their poSitions on papers to be
presented this afternoon at the
conducted by the U.S. Bureau
of Reclamation and Central
Utah Water Conservancy Dis·
trict.
In another paper prepared
for delivery today one consel:'
vation group, Utah Council of
Trout Unlimited, stated the
project could proceed without
further delays if CUP planners
would more adequately pro­vide
for recreational and fish·
eries values. David Freed,
Trout Unlimited vice presi·
dent, said the public "is con·
cerned about these values. ~'
He stated that water conser·
vancy district offiCials, "in
their zeal to push the project," water in. central Utah agricul·
had neglected to sa)' that 163.5 tural areas in years to come."
miles of stream resources Gam said it was not his pur.
would be advers"'" affected. t li t II oC the promises
U.S, Forest Service'l"should be pose 0 s a
no longer igno d" that made ~ good Caith, to Salt
st r eam fl ows be r ee tl'mes Lake City and Co. unUty · lhe aders. th I nn«I b th . as well as those In ta Coun·
more an p a . y e ty. "They are numerous, and
w~ter conservancy dlstnct, he iC they are to be met, the proj.
said. ect must go forward as
Freed said the rest Ser· planned. The project is al.
vice study indicat that with· rea d y be h i n d s c h e d .
out the added flo , stream
fisheries would be 'seriously
impaired."
ule . . , and the total cost oC
the completed project has
risen many millions of dollars
as a result."
Rampton stressed that the
CUP was "necessary for Utah
to get its share of Colorado
River water. ,. Gam concluded
by saying: "We do not object
to environmental studies to
protect our natural assets,
beautiCul streams. lakes and
mountain vistas, but we think
there is time and talent
enough to do the study con·
currently with construction.
This project is so large ' and
com'plex we could delay for
years if we must emphasize
one aspect over another."
Mayors and county commis·
sioners from the central Utah
area, as well as water district
chairman, also urged rapid
completion of the project in
their position papers. They
said the water had been prom·
, ised and should be delivered.
Bureau of Reclamation offi·
cials, CUP planners and engi·
neers, explained that the
Bonneville or western phase of
the CUP was 'estimated to
cost $314,580,000 in 1964. The
that stream fishing would be
reduced 118,300 man days
annually, reservoir fishing in·
creased by.232,100.
Earlier this month the For·
est Service released an eight·
year stream habitat study it
made on the Uinta and Ashley
forests.
Chandler p, S1. John, Wa·
'However, Lynn udJow, of
the water conse ncy dis·
trict, secretary·m ger, said
in his position pap that res·
ervoir fishing wo replace
adversely affected streams.
He reiterated the 'need for
QESERET NEWS
estimated cost now is
490,000,000. They added that
e increase is 60 per cent in
ht years. In a paper writ­to
accompany the hearing
broke down the water de·
as 194,000 acre Ceet of
310,000 going into Utah
It Lake Counties.
satch National Forest super·
visor, said when he released
the report, that the key finding
of the study is the sizeablE!. dif·
Cerence between the winter·
time streamClows needed to
provide year·long aquatic
habitat Cor natural fisherie.s,
and the water releases
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH planned.
Friday, September 22, 1972 The Bureau of Sport Fish·
eries d Wildlife explained
As an example, he said that
See GO·AHEAD, Page 8·10
I Go-Ah~ad Urged
For CUP Project
Continued from Page 8·1 to complete.
about 6,500 acre feet are St. John said much has al.
scheduled for release below ready been done by the Bu.
the dams and diversions of the reau of Reclamation to reduce
Bonneville Unit relating to the Central Utah Project impacts
Strawberry Aqueduct, while on aquatic habitat and other
the study shows 17,800 acre values, and it was hoped that
feet would be required to pre· ways could be found to reduce
venl major losses to the any foreseeable CUP impacts.
streams. . such as those identified in the
In its Environmental State. report.
ment on the Bonneville Unit, The 148·page report. com.
which will transfer waler Crom piled by Henry P. Chrostow.
the Uinta Basin to the more ski, zone fishery biolOgist,
populous Wasatch Front, Bu· makes recommendations from
reau of Reclamation notes minimum flows necessary to
that "some quality stream retain aquatic habitat on the
fishing would be lost. Addition· streams studied.
al reservoir fishing and relat·
ed flat water oriented sports It warns that irreparable
would be substantially in. losses will occur if the stream·
creased." Clow drops below these mini·
mums.
The Bonneville Unit is one
of six projects in 'the Central The report also warns of
Utah Project. Facilities will problems involving the Dyne
include 10 new reservoirs and Powerplant to be located in
enlargement of two existing Diamond Fork, a part ' of the
reservoirs; more than 140 Bonneville Unit.
miles of aqueducts, tunnels "The excessive channel reo
and canals; three power ,led sed below the Dyne Pow·
plants; nine pumping plants, erplant will eliminate the fish·
and about 200 miles of pipe ing in this section of stream
. drains. and scour the channel. The
Construction of the unit twice daily surges also present
began in !\larch 1967 and a saCety problem with respect
would require about 25 years to visitors in the canyons" the
,_. ___ ____ _ ____ ~re~!'l _n()tes_. _____ _
Few Attend Last Day
2-Day Hearing on Centra
By Max B. Knudson Jr.
Tribune Staff Writer
OREM - Despite the diminishing of
their audience from 1,000 Friday to about
60 Saturday - mostly participants - pro­ponents
and critics of the controversial .
Central Utah Project Bonneville Unit had
their say here Saturday as the. two-day
hearing on the water plan closed_
Advocates of a speedy completion of
the billion -dollar project had it mostly
their own way Friday as top government
leaders gave their support to the complex
system of reservoirs, tunnels, aqueducts
and dikes that will bring water from ·the
Uinta Mountains to the arid Bonneville
Basin.
But those opposing continuation of
construction on ecological grounds got
their views into the record Saturday be­fore
the hearing, called by the U.S. Bu­reau
of Reclamation, ended and study of
the testimony of more than 100 witnesses
began.
Leading the dissent was David C.
Raskin, Ph.D., conservation chairman,
Uinta Chapter of the Sierra Club. Saying
he represents nearly 600 members in
Utah and 150,000 nationally, Dr. Raskin
attacked the Draft Environmental State­ment
of the .Bureau of Reclamation as
"woefully inadequate" and "nothing more
than a crude attempt to provide justifica­tion
for an environmentally unsound and·
economically outrageous project."
In his lengthy statement, Dr. Raskin
detailed his club's objections to any fur­ther
construction on grounds that many
miles of fishing streams in the Uintas
will be destroyed or degraded due to
insufficient water releases.
He called for full development of the
Wasatch Front streams, development of
ground water and a campaign to "change
consumption patterns" of water users.
These things would · make the Bonneville
Unit unnecessary, he said.
"Water is too inexpensive in Salt Lake
City, and this encourages waste. If the
people of Tucson, Ariz. can learn to
adapt to a desert climate so can Salt
Lake City."
Hugh McKellar, Provo River Water
.' '. 'bt
Utah Plan Ends jnU Inkt
Assn., challenged Dr. Raskin,
"He didn't tell us how many of
members are in California,
love to see this project go
drain."
Mc~eller told the three-man panel
the Bureau of Reclamation, "It's
Sierra Club who will pay for this
but the people in Central utah
the water." .
if it were a choice of taking
wtlllVater for man and letting the fish die
thtll3l()ice would "still have to be man,"
don't have to make that choice
minimum stream flows will be
m .. ~tailned so the fish can survive."
for the League of Women
Emily Hall said the League sup-ported
the. CUP in 1956 but, "We have
since grown older and wiser."
, Mrs. ~all recommended that new
studies be made by disinterested parties
such as geologists, engineers, conserva­tionists
and 'experts in population trends.
She advocated well drilling, better.
farming methods and other water conser­vation
practices. .
Alex Walker, Pro-utah, Inc., said his
organization fully supports the CUP as
necessary to the growth of utah's econo­my.
"Nothing is more important than the
development of additional water
supplies," Mr. Walker said.
See Page B-I0, Column 1
itihunt
TVToday~
St'ction H
Local News
Ft'ahil't'~
Sllllda~' MClI"lIilll!'
St'l'lt"lIIbt'r 2· ... 1972
. . St"('lion R
-
,
" '.' . ,"
"'~ ... ,
10 B The Salt Lake TrIbu&; Sa.y, September tI, .1I72', ~:' - •
CentralUt~h ~o~ct ~D~hates
Expire After Two;'D~y&ge
, .. , .
,CoaUlluedfrom PJlge 8-1 project feel that we are build- for wbat we get, but "in this
Lillian Hayes, Timpanogos ing a good environment for ,case the benefits far exceed
Chapter, Sierra Club; said 'the both,'" any wr--ible pn'ce," _
"array of important people" ' Herbert H, Frost, president, He 'warned, however, that
supporting the project Friday Mt, Timpanogos Chapter' an precautions should be
"is indeed impressive, But too American Audobon Society, taken to prevent environmen·
nmcb love can sometimes be said his organization is con- tal damage and suggested that
smothering. Perhaps those of cemed about the proposed dik· trees be planted around the
us in opposition should keep a ing of Provo Bay and Goshen reservoirs, to elimiJiate the
low profile." Bay OIl' Utah Lake. He .warned "baITen~" many .of them
• Clyde Ritchie, president of of considerable aestnlctioD of have. -'
·the Central Utah Water Con- valuable waterfowl •• ,De~ BeMftdaI Efieds
servancy District' - which in- _ ~ if those ~y areas are Edwin Ure, Washingu,n' Irri- '
ctu~ the Bonpeville Unit - : ",drained _ "AAP CQnv~1,. ~t!> :;gation Co." said he has seen
~ the bureau's statem~~t . farmland" , :~ :, ';, ~ ;~:. ~ "beneficial effei:ts" from
as adeq~te, complete and m : i Ii SpecleI~"B~ " ~., irrigation made' pOssIble by
f~ com~ce Wlth the ~a- ' ''There 'are 95 t'species of 1>eer Creek Reservoir water
tional EnVIronmental Policy birds known to have inhabited and added that the ,proposed'
Act." v :-- those bays for the past 70 Jordanelle Dam in Hebe~,-Val-
"Our critics continue.to say/ - years: The diking projects are ley would be welcof!.le tb area
'Take the people to where i~'_ . Set some time in the future, so farmers ~ ,fell flS re5reation
water is, and divert the water ',we have , plenty of time to seekers. " ' ',' ~ ' )
to where the fish are.' Do the :,: study the. '~~ effects of Daniel ~: SimmonS,-& ,Provo
critics want to bui1cl a~ '~action." ;/~\.. High S~ student,'-.:~d· it
environment for fish or for. DanieIBennili, . Roosevelt, was an ~ed P~I that
people? We who knoW the said we muSt I'pay a price" voted in fJ~ of ~. C~P. He
called for'-a:. leve~. loff.; of
. (
growth ~ the ' wasatch
Front. ': ~ : :,
Would WIPe oat :Catftsh
He said diking of the Utah "
Lake bays would wipe out the
channel catfish and cut down
considerably on watetfowl .
. hunting. "Diking up of the
lake should not be tolerated by
the public," he said.
P, Ernest Knight, Woodland,
said he was born in Woodlarid
in 188& and has watched the
flood waters of 'the Provo
River flood crop ' lands many
times with farmers .helpless to '
fJg)lt it. In the fall, Mr. Knight
said, he has seen it so low
"you could cross without get·
ting your feet wet." , ' .
He said the CUP wiD control
water flows so that these
extremes will never, occur
again. \
INDEX
Amusements
Bu Iness- tocks
Cia ified
omlcs
Editorial
Obituaries
ociety
ports
19QTH YEAR, NO. 47
30
28-29
42-47
39
38
4
17-22
9-14
PROVO, UTAH, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1972
WEATHER
PROVO-SALT LAKE-OGDEN
- Partly cloudy today with slow­ly
increasing chance of showers.
Highs in mid 60s. Probability of
rain today 30 per cent. Winds
mostly light.
$2.50 PER MONTH - PRICE 20 CENTS
Water Proiect Heavily-Backed at H • earlng
ebate in UN
On Terro rism
Authorized
UNITED NATIONS (UPI)- \ .genda after its original
The United Nations General wording as proposed by Secre­Assembly
agreed to a full tary General Kurt Waldheim
debate on international terror- was substantially amended to
ism on a 66-27 vote Saturday call also for a U.N. study of the
night. underlying causes of terrorism.
Thirty-three countries, includ- The vote defeated deter-ing
the entire Soviet bloc and mined efforts, led by the
many from Africa, abstained Democratic Republic of Yemen,
from the vote. to have the debate deferred to
The item was included in the at least next year.
Prisoners
Not on
Red Plane
Vientiane (UPI):'A Soviet
airliner arrived in Vientiane
from Hanoi Saturday but the
three U.S. prisoners of war
released by North Vietnam to
an American antiwar activist
group were not on board as
expected. There was no definite
word on when they would come
out.
Two antiwar activists who
flew out on the Aeroflot plane
said the released POWs had
remained behind in Hanoi with
their escorts although "they're
very anxious to come home."
One said the POWs were told
Friday night that they would
not be leaving Saturday as they
expected. But the two were
unclear about the reasons for
the delay.
The U.S. mission here made
(Continued On Page 2)
A deferral motion by Demo­cratic
Yemen was defeated 57-
47, with 22 abstentions.
The 39-vote margin was
considered a sizeable boost for
the prestige of Waldheim, who
put the terrorism item up for
assembly consideration after ,
the Security Council failed to
act.
Council action was stymied
when China and the Soviet
Union vetoed mention in an
earlier resolution of the Arab
terrorist murder of 11 Israeli
Olympic team members at
Munich last month. The United
States then used its veto
because the Olympic incident
was eliminated.
An amendment offered by
Saudi Arabian Ambassador
JarniI M. Baroody widened the
scope of the item as proposed
by Waldheim and made it more
palatable to many members
who feared U.N. action against
terrorism would hamper the
"n a t ion a I liberation move­ments"
they support, particu­larly
against Israel, Portuguese
Africa and South Africa.
Waldheim's original item was
(Continued On Page 2)
2 Assailants in Castilla
Shooting Sought; Young
Man Wounded Critically
A young Bountiful man was in
extremely critical condition
Saturday at the University
Hospital in Salt Lake City, after
he was shot in the head early
Saturday morning at Castilla in
Spanish Fork Canyon. Police are
searching for two young men in
connection with the shooting.
In critical condition is Creed
Lee ewman, 21, who reportedly
had moved to Orem only a week
ago. He is a son of Mr. and Mrs.
Arthur R. ewman of 110 S. 400
E .. Bountiful.
Deputy Sheriff Mack Holley
said ewman and a 19-year-old
girl were swimming in the old
warm springs at Castilla about 1
a.m. when they were approached
by two young men in a blue
pickup truck.
The girl told officers the young
men , who may have been
drinking, wanted her to go with
them. When she and Newman
resisted, one of them pulled a
handgun and shot Newman in the
head.
The girl said she ran to the
highway and flagged down a
passing car. They drove to
Highway 91 to Mapleton, where
they found a telephone and
notified officers.
ewman was taken to the
Utah Valley Hospital , then
transferred to Salt Lake City.
The bullet reportedly entered his
head above the left eye and
fragmented in his brain.
The two assailants were
described as being yo ung ,
medium-sized, and with short
hair. One is of thin build. The
girl, who officers declined to
identify, was treated at the Utah
Valley Hospital for shock, and
released to her home.
~ PLEA ANT GROVE MAN, Phillip R. Jensen, 28, died
ID tantly aturday morning when his small sports car
collided with a semi-trailer unit near Upper Falls in Provo
Canyon. Highway Patrol troopers said Mr. Jensen was
traveling east when his car apparently went out of control on
HIGH PUBLIC I TEREST in the environmental impact
hearings on the Bonneville Unit of tbe Central Utah Project
was indicated by attendance of about 1,000 persons at tbe
Friday session, with between 400 and 500 of tbese believed
from Millard County, one of 10 counties to share water from
the project. Attendance dropped off Saturday, fluctuating
between 50 and 100.
Foes Say Statement
On Environmental
Impact 'Inadequate'
By ROBERT McDOUGALL Saturday. the auditorium was
More th a n a hundred comparatively empty as about 80
people-including government people heard 50 witnesses add
officials , water users , their testimony to the
businessmen and other in- voluminous material that will
teres ted citizens-expressed comprise a final report which is
strong support of th~ billion- being assembled in accordance
dollar Bonneville Unit of the with provisions of the National
Central Utah project at en- Environmental Policy Act of
vironmental impact hearings 1969.
held Friday and Saturday at Rampton Strike
Orem. Both Gov. Calvin Rampton and
Representatives of conserva- Republican challenger Nicholas
tion, outdoor and environmental Strike spoke for the water pro­protection
groups opposed the ject as did Sens. Wallace F.
project and one member ad- Bennett, R-Utah, and Frank E.
mitted they were swamped by Moss , D-Utah , who sent
testimony in. support of the pro- statements to be read into the
ject. record.
Only about 10 speakers out of Rep. Sherman P. Lloyd, R-
120 opposed the water project Utah, spoke in person, saying
designed to bring water from the that any delay would multiply
Uintah basin to the heavily pop- problems the state 's con-ulated
Bonneville basin. gressional delegation has been
Draft 'Inadequate' battling to overcome to get the
Opponents said that the draft project funded since 1950.
environmental impact state- ;.-..;".--------....,
'HotFighting'Martial Law Declared
~~~:~::nia In Manila Crackdown
ment prepared by the Bureau of
Reclamation in compliance with
requirements of the National
Environmental Protection Act is
inadequate.
They dubbed the report as
"nothing more than a crude
In order to present as full
a coverage as possible of the
Bonneville Unit environmen­tal
hearings, tbe Herald will
follow up Monday wi th
tes timony by additional
witnesses.
attempt to provide justification L-_________ ....J
for an environmentally unsound
and economically outrageous
project." •
Proponents pointed out that
the project's repayment plan
was approved 13 to 1 in 1965 by
the voters of Utah; that it was
subsequently endorsed by
Congress as the result of Utah's
entire Congression?l delegation
working for it; that it is already
more than 15 per cent complete;
and that the Bureau of Reclama­tion
has entered into binding
contracts which involve the
supply of water to 10 co·mties.
His challenger for the state's
second congressional district
seat, Wayne Owens, said he
generally favored the project,
but said he thought it would be
desirable to send more of the
project water to the counties in
southern and central Utah.
By United Press International
Ugandan forces smashed
across the border into Tanzania
Saturday to battle a combined
force of Tanzanian troops and
Ugandan exile guerrillas in
"very hot fighting," a Ugandan
military spokesman said. Afri­can
leaders pressed diplomatic
attempts to head off open war
between the two nations.
Tanzania denied there was
fighting within its frontiers. A
government spokesman said the
military command in the
alleged battle area just across
the border from Mutukula,
southwest Uganda, reported
"everything is quiet."
Uganda, meanwhile, said it
was likely the guerrilla leader,
thought to be a former Uganda
Army lieutenant colonel, had
been killed in the fighting.
Airlines stepped up flights to
Britain carrying Asians ex­pelled
from Uganda by Pres­ident
Idi Amin. Diplomatic
sources in London said the
British government had the
Royal Air Force (RAF) stand­ing
by to fly out 7,000 Britons in
case of emergency.
" There has been very hot
fighting between the Uganda
army and Tanzanian troops and
guerrillas," a Ugandan military
spokesman said on Uganda
Radio, announcing the border
crossing.
The Ugandan spokesman said
Amin's forces inflicted heavy
casualties on the enemy in the
advance into Tanzania.
MANILA (UPI) - President
Ferdinand E. Marcos followed
up his declaration of martial
law in the Philippines Saturday
by announcing the mass arrest
of Communist conspirators he
said were plotting to overthrow
the government :1 d proclaim­ing
sweeping nahu al reforms
to lessen their hold on poor
peasants.
In a nationwide radio and
television address to 39 million
Filipinos, Marcos imposed a
curfew from 12 midnight to 4
a.m. daily and announced
controls on local newspapers
and, radio and foreign corre­spondents
in the Philippines, a
ban on travel of Filipinos
abroad except those on official
missions and control of public
utilities.
The president said civil
authorities would remain in
power and all national and local
government officials would
continue to function.
"This is not a military
takeover," Marcos said.
Danger Confronts Nation
"I have proclaimed martial
law in accordance with the
powers vested in the president
by the consititution pf the
Philippines," Marcos said.
"We will eliminate the threat
of violent overthrow of govern­ment
and we must now reform
our political, economic and
social institutions.
" We are falling back and
have fallen back to our last line
of defense. The limit has been
a curve and struck the left side of the Red Ball truck.
Following impact, the truck overturned on the highway.
Driver of the truck, Jerry obclak was uninjured except for
bruises. The crash occurred shortly before 6 a.m: (Obituary
on Page 4)
reached because we have been
placed against the wall."
Talks With Romulo
In a telephone call to
Philippine Foreign Minister
Carlos P. Romulo in New York,
Marcos said the situation in
Manila was calm and persons
arrested Friday night were
being held in " protective
custody" to protect them from
harm at the hands of the
National Peoples Army (NPA),
an insurgent group.
Romulo told UPI that
terrorism and subversion had
spread from northern Luzon
over the entire Philippines.
Nixon Repeats
Am nesty View
1000 Present
About 1,000 people attended
the opening of the hearing
Friday, many of them expecting
a firey debate. Moderator
Robert Mesch sternly warned
that the hearing would be kept
formal , that there would be no
questioning of witnesses
allowed, and no audience par­ticipation
permitted.
WASHINGTON (UPI) - Pres­ident
Nixon wound up a quick
campaign swing through Texas
and flew back to the White
House Saturday to tell a new
group of labor backers that he
still opposed amnesty for U.S.
military deserters and welfare
for people who won't work.
"We believe in helping those
who can't help themselves, but
it seems to me a man or a
woman ought to work for what
he gets and to get what he
works for," Nixon said. " It
seems to me to be wrong for
someone who works to get less
than someone on welfare."
As for the question of
amnesty, the President said
"those who chose to desert
must pay the penalty that they
have earned" and that his
position was the same one
Abraham Lincoln took when
confronted with the issue
during the Civil War.
A Nixon campaign spokesman
said the workers , about 500
strong, represented a number
of labor unions in a newly
for m e d organization called
Young Labor for the Pres­ident.
The workers, between the
ages of 18 and 35, were 'from 30
states.
The President went directly
to the White House to speak to
the group in mid-afternoon as
soon as he returned to
Washington. Within moments
after the meeting, he went by
helicopter to his Camp David
retreat in Thurmont. Md.. for
(Continued On Page 2)
'Fireside Chats'
McGovern Seeking
Broader Exposure
By United Press International
Sen. George S. McGovern,
seeking to vastly expand his
public exposure, said Saturday
he suspected political pressure
was behind the networks'
refusal to grant him time for a
series of nationwide, pre­election
television speeches. "If
we have to, we'll sue them," he
said.
Reportedly frust rated by
time-wasting scheduling snafus
during his campaign swing
through the East and Middle
West in the past week,
McGovern requested nine half­hour
spots on prime television
time up to the Nov. 7 elections
to make Roosevelt-style "fire­side
chats" permitting more
thorough, thoughtful discussion
of the issues against President
Nixon.
But Frank Mankiewicz, his
national political coordinator,
said the three television net­works,
responding to a request
relayed by former Democratic
National Chairman Lawrence
F. O'Brien, indicated they were
willing to sell only five-minute
spots until two weeks before
Election Day.
Mankiewicz told reporters he
thought the networks were
trying to protect their new fall
shows in the battle for ratings,
but McGovern said he detected
administration intimidation of
the networks.
Although he said he had no
evidence, he told reporters at
his Pittsburgh hotel suite it was
"conceivable that it (the
networks' ref usa I) reflects
some of the intimidation the
networks have been under from
the administration," particular­ly
from Vice President Spiro T.
Agnew.
On Patriotism Issue
Kennedy Defends McGovern
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (UPI)­Sen.
Edward Kennedy accused
the Nixon administration Satur­day
of attempting to discredit
the patriotism of Democratic
presidential nominee George
McGovern.
Addressing a cheering, youth­ful
crowd which overflowed
Knoxville's Civic Auditorium,
Kennedy also said that Nixon
will not be able to avoid active
personal campaigning because
of the issues McGovern is
raising.
During a campaign swing
through Tennessee earlier this
week, Vice President Spiro T.
Agnew said McGovern was
" parroting the propaganda" of
the North Vietnamese.
"Agnew's attack was part of
the Nixon strategy to discredit
McGovern's patriotism and is a
disservice to the political
process," Kennedy said. "Mc­Govern
has demonstrated his
patriotism in many ways,
including service in World War
II. "
Prior to the rally, Kennedy
met privately with Coach Bill '
Battle and members of the
University of Tennessee football
team. Following his speech at
the auditorium, he met with
persons who have contributed
$100 or more to the Democrats'
legislative campaign.
"I think the American people
are going to demand responses
to the kind of issues McGovern
is raising, such as the grain
scandal, the $10 million slush
fund, the Watergate incident,
and the drug problem," Kenne­dy
said.
The Massachusetts senator
said he did not believe the full
Impact of the Watergate
bugging incident has settled on
the American people.
The plan is for more than 60
per cent of the water to be used
in Salt Lake and Utah Counties,
and only 24 per cent in the
southern and central counties.
Diversify Industry
Owens said he would suggest
that thought be given to the
desirability of sending more
water to these areas to attract
industry away from the densely
populated Wasatch Front.
Referring apparently to a
statement last week, in which
the Sierra Club called for a stop
to the building of the project,
Mayor E.J. "Jake" Garn of Salt
Lake City said, "We cannot
tolerate delays requested by
special interest groups who are
not interested in all of the people
getting their share of the
resources. "
" I believe there is talent
enough to allow the project to go
on while we work for the reser­vation
of our mountain streams,
lakes and mountain vistas,"
Mayor Garn added.
Senator Moss. in his prepared
statement said, "On the east
coast, growth is a scare word
meaning less space and conges­tion,
but in the west it is a good
word meaning jobs a nd
de_velopment. "
Orem Mayor
Mayor Winston Crawford ,
Orem, said that in his city, by
1980 a gallon of water would cost
about the same as a gallon of gas
does now if the area doesn 't get
this project.
Ma yo r Timothy Moran ,
Spanish Fork, said that at least
one industry had already been
forced to relocate because of
water shortages in Utah County.
Mayor Moran said that when
the people of his city voted in
1965 on the project, there were
only seven votes cast against it.
Representing the view of the
ational Forest Service, Vern
Hamre said there were several
features of the project that
woulcl be environmentally
beneficial, but there were orne
feature whi ch could be
changed
Proposed Changes
The e included the relocation
of one power plant. increased
pipeline facilitie , more releases
of water for the upport of fi h
life in the intah Basin. and
ob tatntng fill for the pper
tillwater dam from inside the
proposed re ervoir area in tead
of below the dam.
Some ob ervers expected the
fore t service presentation to be
a lillie more har h than it wa .
Mr. Hamre sa Id a more detaIled
evaluatIon of the project would
be ubmitted at a later tIme.
Opponent of the plan quoted a
Forest ervlce tudy and es­tImates
of po ible damage to
stream lIfe in many of theIr
(Continued On Page 2)
2 Teenagers
Iniured in
Cycle Crash
Two teenagers received in­juries
in a motorcycle head-on
accident Thursday afternoon on
Piute Lane, northeast of Provo,
according to the Utah Highway
Patrol.
The Bringhurst youth received
a possible broken leg and leg
lacerations. Mr. Terry sustained
a broken right leg and mouth
lacerations.
Injured in the accident were
Kurtis Bringhurst, 11 , 3350 North
Cherokee Lane in Provo and
Ross Lane Terry, 19, of 213 South
100 E. in Provo.
Water Proiect Backed Heavily
(Continued From Page 1)
criticisms. Lynn S. Ludlow ,
secretary-manager of the Cen­tral
Utah Water Conservancy
District said of that report, that
it was superficial and appeared
to be hurriedly prepared.
"In short, it is my opinion that
this study and report was con­ducted
and prepared to satisfy
some preconceived conclusion,"
Mr. Ludlow said.
Water eed
Robert B. Hilbert, general
manager of the Salt Lake County
Water Conservancy District said
that water supplies in Salt Lake
County are only adequate until
facilities when they are com­pleted.
That contract, he sa id, con­tains
strict provisions that all
reservoirs are to be constructed
so that the bottom several thou­sand
feet cannot be drained off.
This water is specifically for the
use of fish and wildlife, he main­tained.
Flood Control
Mr. Clyde said that other
provisions in the contract re­quire
that many thousands of
feet are to be left unused at the
top of each reservoir for unex­pected
peak stream cresting as a
flood control measure.
ment, said most of the sup­porters
of the project were
begging the question. The ques­tion
is simply whether the law
has been satisfied in preparing
the required environmental
report.
The spirit of the environmen­tal
act called for precise infor­mation
in an environmental im­pact
statement, he said, and the
draft statement prepared by the
Bureau of Reclamation is " not
in compliance with the law."
He said he was afraid that if
his analysis of the statement is
true, it will force a delay of the
project. His orga nization did not
want to take a position for or
against the project, they were
interested only in whether the
strict legal requirements were
being met with regard to the
protection of the environment.
treatment of alternatives."
"There are so many blatant
omissions and misleading and
undocumented assertions in the
Draft Environmental Statement
that it is impossi ble to
enumerate and describe all of
them at this time," Mr. Raskin
said.
He promised to submit a more
detailed criticism by October 5,
which is the filing deadline for
written testimony to be added to
the final environmental impact
report.
Mr. Raskin then commented
on the major conclusions of the
report prepared by the Bureau of
Reclama tion in the order the
report deals with them .
U.S. REP. GUNN MCKAY, right center,
conducted a public hearing on predatory
control Friday in the Provo City Center
which drew sbeepmen from various sections
of tbe state to testify. From left are, Dolly G.
Young , field representative for the
Congressman; Rep. McKay ; his Washington
assistant, and a Utah sheepman.
According to the Highway
Patrol report, the two cycles
were heatled on the lane and at a
narrow poi nt , the cycles
collided. The report said neither
cyclist could see the other com­ing.
1975 . He sa id that water Regarding increasing water
wholesalers buying water which releases into streams, he said
affects 200 ,000 people have that this would provide no
already been advised that guarantee that the extra water
supplies are short, for the rest of would be left in the channel for
1972 and will be for 1973. fish. There is no law in Utah
David Freed of Trout which would stop anyone
Unlimited said that " the United farther down the stream from
States Congress should withdraw appropriating that water for his
approval of the project till an own use, he said.
environmentally responsible A director of the Central Utah
project can be drawn up. He Water Conservancy District Clif­claimed
163.5 miles of fishing ford L. Ashton, a trial lawyer
stream would be adversely who said that he had much ex-
The effect of this project on
the environment could be com­pared
to surgery, he said, if it is
done carefully and skillfully, the
patient gets better and lives, if
not, the patient dies.
He claimed that popUlation
projections used in determining
water needs in the Bonneville
Basin were based on 1966 projec­tions.
He said that later, more
reliable figures were available
which showed there was a 32 per
cent error in the predictions.
Supporters' View
Sheepmen Reveal Losses
At Predatory Hearing
Debate in Urq
(Continued From Page 1) affected by the project. perience in water right litigation
titled : " Measures to prevent Damage Question ' said that if Utah's portion of the
terrorism which endangers or Much contro~ersy centered Colorado River water is not all
takes innocent human lives or around the question of how much used, even temporarily, the risk
jeopardizes fundamental free- dam~ge would actually be done is gr'eat that Utah will per-doms."
to hsherle~ . The Bureau of manently lose its entitlement.
He said he believed the report
had failed to show that "a finely
tuned balance" would be main­tained
between the needs of peo­ple
and the need to preserve the
environment.
Raskin's Testimony
Chief opponent of the plan, and
the most critical witness, was
David C. Raskin, conservation
chairman of the Uinta. Chapter
of the Sierra Club. He said the
draft environmental statement
is " woefully inadequate , it
seriously fails to comply with
the content and intent of the
National Environmental Policy
Act, and the guidelines of the
Council on Environmental Quali­ty,
and it represents nothing
more than a crude a ttempt to
provide justification for an en­vironmentally
unsound and
economically outrageous pro­ject."
During testimony by sup­porters
of the project this ques­tion
was treated. They said that
if the estimates prove to be
'excessive. it will simply mean
that there will be more time to
find water to supplement
Bonneville Unit supplies.
Mr. Raskin said the recreation
potential of some areas was
A high coyote population in overestimated.
some areas of the state, coupled
with Executive Order No. 11643
which banned the use
of poisons to control the coyotes,
brought protests from sheepmen
at a predatory hearing con­ducted
Friday in the Provo City
Center by Congressman K. Gunn
McKay, (D.Utah ).
Sheepmen from all sections of
the state packed the Provo city
commission room for the
hearing, urging the government
to permit them to use poisons
again . Congressman McKay
repeatedly asked those who
testified for specific evidence
and specific figures on their loss.
"When I get back to the
Congressional committee, I
must show them evidence and
facts and figures," he told the
woolgrowers. Congressman
McKay pointed out that
President Richard Nixon's
executive order had later been
passed by congress.
50 Year Setback
Sherman Mortensen, Ephraim
woolgrower, said said the
sheepmen in his area had suf­fered
as high as 25 percent loss
of lambs. "We have been set
back 50 years by having to
revert to traps that are ob­solete,"
he declared.
Mrs. Wallace Wintch,
majority stockholder -in a
company which operates ran­ches
in Spring Canyon, Salina,
and other places, declared that
she felt the sheep industry is
threatened. "The rabbit
population has been dessimated,
and the coyotes are now preying
, on the lambs and ewes," she
declared, pointing out that they
had had 10 percent loss of lambs
in the lambing sheds which are
fenced.
"We anticipate a bad winter
because the rabbits are gone,"
Mrs. Wintch told the
congressman. She listed four
possible courses of action : (1)
The government should hire
more trappers. (2) Permission
should be given for the
woolgrowers to hire more
trappers. (3) Poison should be
made available on short notice
when needed. (4) More research
on how to control the predators.
Turkey Loss
Donald Dobson of the
Snowfield Station operated by
USU, told of turkey loss because
of coyotes, and declared that the
coyotes had infested the turkeys
at one ranch with lice.
James Bowers, who has been
doing range surveys for USU at
Southern Utah State College,
showed slides of sheep and
lambs which had been killed by
Nixon
(Continued From Page 1)
the night. He was to be joined
later by Mrs. Nixon.
Nixon's visit to Texas took
him through the Rio Grande
valley and to a dinner for
prospective Democratic suppor­ters
at the ranch of former
Treasury Secretary John B.
Connally.
A crowd of between 2,000 and
3,000 Republicans, many of
them youths, turned out at San
Antonio airport to give the
President a warm send-off
after his bid to win Texas' 26
electoral votes in November.
coyotes. She said his in­vestigations
had shown 310
lambs and one ewe killed by
coyotes, 63 dead of un­determined
causes, and 16 dead
of other causes. This in­formation
was current as of the
date of the hearing, he said.
Manuel Palmer, executive
secretary of the Utah State
Woolgrowers, said the industry
has 900,000 breeding ewes in
United Fund
Team Effort
Called For
" We need commu nity
willingness and a team effort" to
meet the needs of those who
need help in our community,"
Stan Watts, former BYU basket­ball
coach and now Director of
Athletics at the university, told
community leaders Friday at a
kickoff luncheon for the United
Fund.
Coach Watts told the leaders
that we have two tasks, "We
must serve God and serve our
fellow man. We can have a good
feeling inside when we have
helped somebody less fortunate
than we."
Tracing the origins of our na­tion,
Coach Watts declared that
we erected a statue in New York
harbor which signifies our
freedom and holds a torch.
"We invited the poor, hungry,
and homeless to America to seek
freedom and opportunity. They
came, and they became the
businessmen, teachers, workers
in our country," he declared.
"Many people are dissatisfied
with America today ; thank God
they are in the minority," he
said. Coach Watts listed the odds
against being born in America
against being born under oppres­sion,
or with little opportunity,
and urged those in attendance to
thank God that they were born in
a country where they have the
advanl